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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 17, 1911.

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HERBERT M. DARMSTADTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT-CONFORMATOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-Innnn'r M. DAnM s'rADrnR, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHat-Conformators; and I do herebyA declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to a novel construction in what is known as a hatconformator, the object being 'to provide a device of this characterwhich can be accurately adjusted to the head and the hat subsequentlyinserted over the same and shaped to conform to the head of the party tobe fitted.

The device consists in the features of construction and combinations ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed. Y

In the accompanying` drawings illustrating a hat conformator embodyingmy invention: Figure -1- is a top plan view of the same. Fig. -2- is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical transversesection of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. Q Fig. -4- is a bottom planview of the lower face of the top plate of the device. Fig. -5- is adetail plan sec.- tion of the device on the line 5-5 of Fig. Fig. --6-is a fragmentary detail central vertical longitudinal section of theupper end portion of the device taken on the line G-6 of Fig. -1-.

My present invention has for its object to provide a hat conformatorwhich is an improvcment over the respective devices shown in LettersPatent No. 527,472, Cctober 16, 1894, and No. 638,023 of November 8,1899.

The particular' object of the present in-l vention is to provide aconstruction which is more simple and eiiicient than those shown in theaforesaid patents, the improvements residing more particularly indetails of construction whereby deciencies in the aforesaid patentedconstructions are overcome.

The device comprises a lower elliptical guide ring 1 which is providedat regular intervals with openings or guide sleeves 2, all of which are'substantially radially disposed. The said guide ring 1 is carried by aplurality of standards 3, secured thereto by means of screws the latterbeing continued above said guide ring 1 and ogeecurved above the sameand at their upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 17, 1911.

Patented July 2,1912.

Serial No. 644,561.

ends support a plate 4, the plane of which is parallel with the plane ofthe guide ring 1. In the last named plate 4 I provide guide grooves 5also substantially radially disposed and corresponding in number andrelative disposition with the guide sleeves 2 of the guide ring 1 andparallel therewith. Mounted in said guide sleeves 2 are plungers 6 whichat their inner ends connect with the lower end portions of bars 7, thelatter being connected at their upper ends with plungers 8 disposed inthe guide grooves 5 of the plate 4 and yeach of which is equipped at itsinner end with a pin 9 for purposes hereinafter set forth. Each of thesaid bars 7 is of a relatively irregular shape, the lower end portionthereof having a vertical inner face 10 which is flush with a verticalouter face 11 disposed at a higher elevation between the ends of thebar. The extreme lower ends of said bar 7 are curved to projectoutwardly and all together form a flaring mouth for the space borderedor inclosed by said bars and in which the head of the person to befitted is adapted to be received. The upper ends of the bars 7 arecurved inwardly the requisite distance to compensate for the differencein diameters of the plate 4 and the plane of the lower end portions 0fthe bars 7. A helical tension spring 12 of relatively fine wiresurrounds and engages the lower.

end portions of all of said bars 7 contigu ous yto their connectionswith the plungers 6 to normally maintain said bars at the inner limitsof their movement relatively to the ring 1, each of said plungers havinga head engaging the outer: end of its sleeve 2 to limit its inwardmovement. Mounted upon the upper face of the plate 4 by means of aplurality of screws, is a plate 13 of sheet metal which is provided withsubstantially radially disposed slots 14, each of which is adapted toregister with one of said guide grooves 5 in said plate 4, said slotsbeing of less width than the said grooves 5 and of less length than thesame so that the edge portions of said slots 14 serve to partially coversaid guide grooves 5 and retain the plungers therein, Vthe pins 9 beingadapted to project through said slots 14. Said plate 4 is provided atone end with a pair of upwardly projecting lugs 15 to which theprojections 16 at the ends of a channeled member 17 are pivotallysecured. The said channeled member 17 is provided between the endsofrits web 18 with a pair of sleeves rubber is cemented in said dishedmember` 23 and is further held therein by means of an elliptical ring 25Fig. 4 which is secured at one end to the dished member 23 and plate 22by means of screws engaging in a ,portion 26 of cast metal suit-ablysecured within said Vdished member. The said ring 25 isV made of anelastic or spring metal and is capableV of being sprungback to permit acard to be inserted between the same and said rubber sheet and isengaged with the said dished member 23 to hold said card firmly inposition by means of two spring projections 27 disposed at the end ofsaid ring 25 diametric'ally opposite the point of attachment thereof tosaid dished member 23, said projections being adapted to be sprung overthe periphery of said dished member 23 and acting as a spring latch inawell-kaown manner. Ay bar 28 of light sheet metal is'secured at its.ends to the said ring member 25 at the points oflongestdiametenthereof, said bar being wider at its Y middleV than atits end portions and provided in said middle portion with perforations29 and 30 respectively, the former of which are adapted to permit thepassage of pins31 therethrough to engage the inserted card and projectinto the rubber sheet 24 and the perforation 30 being adapted to permitthe passage of the head of the central screw securing the plate 13 tothe plate 4. ,The purpose of the said pins'31 ist@ permit the card to besubsequently disposed inthe same position which it primarily ocmember isprovided at the end opposite that v carrying theV said projections 16wit-h a pinr32 Fig. 6 which is adaptedfto engage in an opening inspring-tongue :33 secured to one of sa1dstandards3 adjacent the upperend thereof and which constitutes v a latch for securingV'saidgvchanneled member and the parts carriedthereby intheir lowerpositions. The web. 18ofsaid channeled member 17 is out away between theends of said member to provide a longitudinal slot for-the passage oflever-actuated rollers 34 by means of which the plate 22 and dishedmember 23 are forced downwardly upon the `pins 9 and 31 respectively,after the device has been mounted upon the head of the person to befitted against the action of said springs 21. Each of the said rollers34 is rotatably mounted between the arms of a U-shaped member 375 whichis pivotally secured between its. ends to.the flanges of the channeledmember between the latter. Each of said members 35 is providedat itsother Aendwith an arm 36, said arms being connected together by means ofa link 37. One of said members 35 is further provided with an arm 38constituting an operating lever for both said Amembers and being`angularly disposed so that when turned in the direction to cause saidrollers34 and members 35 to exert a separating pressure upon thechanneled member andthe dished plate 23 it will, as soon as the rollers34 have passed the vertical planes of the pivots of the members 35, restupon one of the said sleeves which serves to limit further movement insaid direction and thereby, to hold the said plate 23 and channeledmember 18 firmly at the outer limits of their relative movement.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lever 38 being raised andthe channeled member 18 disposed in its lower position and engaged bythe latch 33, (a card having been previously inserted between the member25 and the rubber sheet 24) the deviceis placed upon the head of theperson to be tted and forced down until the Y vertical faces 10 of thebars 7 attain the elevation on the head of the sweat band of t-he hat.The lever 38 is then vturned to its lower 'tions occupied at thetimesaid card was perforated, and by then `locking the bars in saidposition in the usual manner, a new/ hat may be shapedl to duplicate theoriginal.

The engagement ofI theV pins 9fin the rubber sheet serves to lock thebars 7 inthe respective positions to which `t-hey were moved against theaction of the spring V12. The deviceis then removed from the head andplaced over a heater of'a well known form and a hat of proper size isthen forced over the *device untilsthe sweat band thereof j is disposedupon thesurfaces 11 of the bars 7. Underthe influence of heat theshapeof the hat ,becomes that of they contour of the horizontal planeborderedl by said surfaces 11 thus accurately conforming to the shape ofthe head of'the person to be fitted.

Two of the standards 3 disposed on opposite sides of the device areequipped with vertically disposed sleeves 39 in which the shanks 40 ofthe hat rests 4:1 are received, the latter being secured therein bymeans of set-screws 4t2. The supporting plates of said rests areelliptical and the shanlrs l0 attached adjacent one end thereof, saidrests being rotatable and vertically adjustable relatively to thestandards 3 and are adapted to be adjusted to limit the downwardmovement of the hat to be shaped upon the bars 7. Said rests are rotatedto adjust t-he position of the hat supporting surfaces laterallyrelatively to the bars 7 as will be apparent.

The device is simple, eilicient and durable, and because of the relativedisposition and construction of the guides for the bars 7 insuresoutward movement of the said bars in planes perpendicular to the axes ofthe guides without tilting movement of the bars and thereby insuresabsolute accuracy.

It will be apparent that the rubber sheet 24 must be renewed atintervals.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a hat conformator, the combination with a radially slotted plate,members slidable in the slots thereof and carrying pins projecting abovesaid plate, and means adapted to engage the head of the person to befitted for adjusting` the position of said pins relatively to theperiphery of said plate, of a dished member disposed above said plateand carrying a lining of soft material opposing the upper face of thefirstnamed plate, means for engaging a card against the lower face ofsaid lining, said card adapted to be perforated by the pins on saidmembers, means maintaining said last-named plate normally elevated aboveand parallel with the iirst-named plate clear of the ends of said pins,means for depressing said last-named plate to cause the said pins ofsaid members to perforate said card and engage in said soft material,means whereby when said last-named plate is depressed to the lower limitof its movement it is there held to lock said members carrying said pinsagainst movement relatively to said4 plates, and pins rigidly mounted onsaid first-named plate and adapted to perforate said card, whereby thelatter may be replaced after removal in the position occupied thereby atthe time of perforation thereof.

2. In a hat conformator, an elliptical frame, a plurality ofsubstantially vertically disposed bars, horizontal projections at theupper ends of said bars and between the ends thereof respectivelyengaging in substantially radially disposed guide slots in said fra-me,a spring normally maintaining said bars at the inner limits of theirradial movement, upwardly projecting vpins on t-he inner ends of theupper projections of said bars, upwardly projecting pins on the upperend of said frame, a member pivotally mounted on the frame, a latch forholding the same at the lower limit of its pivotal movement, a platecarrying a soft material and having guide projections, there being guideopenings in said member receiving said projections, springs engaging thelatter and said member for normally supporting said plate at the innerlimit of its movement relatively to said member, a clamping devicecarried by said plate for engaging a card therewith, a plurality oflevers pivotally mounted on said member, rollers mounted u on the endsof said levers disposed at one side of the pivots thereof, and linksconnecting said levers with each other' at their other ends, thedistance between the pivots of said levers and the axes of said rollersbeing greater than the normal distance between said plate and saidmember, whereby when said levers are turned in one direction, said platewill be forced outwardly and down upon the respective pins to perforatesaid card.

3. In a conformator, the combination with the radially movable bars andthe guiding means therefor, of pins on said guiding means, and pinsrigid with the frame, of a member pivotally mounted onl said frame, aplate carried thereby movable relatively thereto and having a lining ofsoft perforable material, means for clamping a card against the exposedface of said lining, a latch for engaging said member against pivotalmovement relatively to said frame, a pair of parallel channels on saidmember, a plurality of levers pivotally secured between their ends tothe iianges of said channels and adapted to project at one end throughopenings in the webs thereof, rollers carried by said levers forengaging said plate at a plurality of points for moving the same awayfrom said member, a single operating lever` for all of said levers formoving the same simultaneously, and springs for normally maintainingsaid plate at the inner limit of its movement relatively to said member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in presence of twosubscribing witnesscs.

HERBERT M. DARMSTADTER. Witnesses RUDOLPH WM. Ilo'rz, J. M. WELLER.

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